Our Mission

In a scenario where poor children are deprived of education due to various reasons, it becomes imperative for us to address their grievances, remove their inhibitions, create awareness and motivate them. It is important that we reach out to them with necessary things fulfilling their requirements in order to facilitate a smooth and easy learning process for them.

The concept of 'Single Teacher School' involves simple steps like:

Identifying the best educated youth from the village

Motivating him / her to become a teacher, imparting basic training on teaching, and apprise him / her of the syllabus prepared by reputed educationists

Finding a convenient location in the village, a temple, a community hall, space under a huge tree or unused space under a lamp. Setting up a Black Board.

The teacher enrolls the available children not less than 30 in number.

Classes from I to V are conducted, six days in a week.

The syllabus for Tamil, English, Arithmetic and Basic Sciences is provided. Discipline, hygiene and elementary yoga are also included with a focus on character building.

The Teachers also serve as Health Workers. They are given basic

Our Vision

Establishment of Single Teacher Schools

Blessed by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, who is the Chairman of the movement.

Even after Sixty eight years of attaining independence, education remains as a dream for thousands of children in our country. While the children in urban and semi urban areas have easy access to education, the children in rural and extremely remote areas have absolutely no access to education due to other reasons such as domestic compulsions to go for daily work and facing discrimination etc

Our Approach to Education

The children of Rural and extremely Remote areas have no access to quality education or education due to lack of infrastructure they also stay away from Education due to other reason such as domestic compulsions to go for daily work to earn wage, due to Social discrimination, it is important that we reach out to them

To fulfill their requirements for Quality Education Single Teacher Schools, Unit of Swami Vivekananda Rural Development society provides Quality Primary Education to the poor and downtrodden children in the villages of Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Tiruvarur, Nagapatinam and Coimbatore.

Since its inception in 2006 Single Teacher Schools is functioning in 650 villages, educating 23500 poor and downtrodden children every year.

Children of age between 5 to 12 years are given Quality Free Primary Education. Children are taught English, Tamil, Maths and Science. Children are also taught culture, Patriotism and Yoga. Teachers are selected from the same village and she enrolls students from the same village and conducts classes between 5pm to 8pm from Monday to Saturday. As 95% of our teachers are women leading to Women Empowerment.

Single Teacher Schools Project covered by Advisory Board Members comprising of Chairman, Vice Chairman, President, vice President, Secretary, Joint Secretary, Treasurer and Committee Members from different back grounds .The policy and decisions are guided by the Advisory Board Committee from time to time.

The functioning of the school is monitored and reviewed every month by Hon. Secretary in a review meeting held in the first week of every month with advisor (training and monitoring) who monitor the schools on day to day basis.

In this meeting the status of the schools, the Teachers and the students are reviewed and suggestions / actions for improvement are discussed and implemented.

There is a monthly Meeting / Training for Teachers to review the conduct of schools and training for syllabus / lessons planning for the next month are discussed for the each school